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`SIXTH EDITION
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`MARK J. PIIWERS
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`Powers, Mark J.
`Starting out in f'ul'ures trading/by Mark }. I’owers—6th ed.
`P. C111.
`ISBN (J—Cl'.7—136390-4
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`1. Futures, 2.0ptions (Finance). 3. lrwestment analysis.
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`H0602!-l.A3 P632 2000
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`ments during that day's trading and requires immediate payment from those mem-
`bers showing a net loss on their positions.
`Because there is. of course, a buyer for every seller, the monies paid out
`must be equal to the monies collected, and the clearinghouse must show neither a
`gain nor a loss. It must balance before a new trading day begins.
`Brokers use the cash payments received from the clearinghouse to pay out
`trading profits to customers. Conversely, they have to pay additional money to the
`clearinghouse to cover losses sustained by customers.
`In summary, today’s modern commodity futures exchanges have come a
`long way in developing managerial techniques for handling the tremendous explo-
`sion in volume of trading seen in recent years. The exchanges themselves are mod-
`ern structures, which make use of the most modern data—processing technology
`available.
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